Wireless communication system, wireless communication device and wireless communication method, and computer program

Abstract

An information transmission source forms a transmission packet at a predetermined time unit into which a preamble is inserted and transmits it. The information reception target returns an acknowledge (ACK) packet or a not acknowledge (NACK) packet into which a preamble is inserted. A hidden terminal recognizes that the transmission path is used for data retransmission from when the NACK is received to when the next ACK is received to avoid collisions. Further, when there is transmission data at the information transmission source specified by a beacon signal, it is recognized that the transmission path is used until the next ACK is received. For example, in an ultra wide band communication method, access control is executed while avoiding collisions of communication communications and a retransmission control is executed.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] This invention relates to a wireless communication system, a wireless communication apparatus, a wireless communication method, and a computer program, for mutual communication among a plurality of wireless stations, and particularly to a wireless communication system, a wireless communication apparatus, a wireless communication method, and a computer program, for effecting access control with avoiding collisions of communication and a retransmission control. [0002] More specifically, the present invention relates to a wireless communication system, a wireless communication apparatus, a wireless communication method, and a computer program, for access control with avoiding collisions of communication and a retransmission control in the ultra-wide band communication system and particularly to a wireless communication system, a wireless communication apparatus, a wireless communication method, and a computer program, for providing an access control with avoiding...

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Benefits of technology

[0019] The object of the present invention is to provide a superior wireless communication system, a wireless communication apparatus, a wireless communication method, and a computer program capable of preferably executing the access control and as well as the retransmission control for avoiding collisions of communication.

[0020] A further object of the present invention is provide a superior wireless communication system, a wireless communication apparatus, a wireless communication method, and a computer program, capable of preferably executing a retransmission control in addition to a suitable access control for avoiding collisions of communication in the ultra wide band communication system.

[0021] A further object of the present invention is to provide a superior wireless communication system, a wireless communication apparatus, a wireless communication method, and a computer program, capable of providing a suitable access control or a suitable retransmission control for holding the use condition of the transmission path for the data communication or retransmission between other communication terminals by a currently non-communicating communication apparatus.

[0034] In this case, because the connection procedure between transmission apparatus and the reception apparatus on the basis of the RTS / CTS can be included in the net data transmission or the corresponding ACK return though the data packet transmission continues, the redundancy in the connection procedure can be eliminated, and the communication interval necessary for the same data transmission amount can be shortened.

Problems solved by technology

This case requires wiring constructions, which makes it difficult to simply construct a network and makes works for laying cables troublesome.

Further, after the construction of a LAN, the length of the cable connected to a device limits the movable range.

In this channel shared system, communication requests randomly done from the terminals may cause collisions of signals from a plurality of terminal stations (i.e., transmission at the same time interval).

Thus, there is a problem that it is difficult that the access control method on the basis of the CSMA / CA using the reception electric field intensity information (RSSI) cannot be adopted as it is.

This makes the control complicated.

Further, in such a wireless communication system as to hold the user of the transmission path on the basis of a preamble signal, if a retransmission control is automatically executed on the basis of presence and absence of return of a reception confirmation information (immediate ACK) within a predetermined interval, other communication apparatuses cannot be known about the start of retransmission as long as the preamble signal once added to the NACK information is not transmitted from the information reception target.

Thus, loss of time is expected.

Thus, the adoption of a method using the preamble signal corresponding to a redundant time added before a signal will cause a problem that it takes for a long period to conduct the connection procedure.

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